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‘Hamster ball’ robot could explore Moon caves – Yahoo Finance Australia
The ESA is backing a ‘hamster ball’ robot, DAEDALUS, that would explore Moon caves for signs of water ice and even potential settler sites.
If people are going to stay on the Moon for long periods, they’ll need to consider resources below the surface and a rather unusual robot might just help. The European Space Agency is backing work on DAEDALUS (Descent And Exploration in Deep Autonomy of Lunar Underground Structures), a “hamster ball” robot from Julius-Maximilians-University built to study lunar caves.
The 18.1-inch ball is meant to be lowered from a tether and use a combination of stereoscopic cameras and LiDAR to map underground…
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